VUCA

Leading in a VUCA world : volatile, uncertain, complexed, ambiguous.
La clé, répondre à la question 'What are we really trying to accomplish ?'.

Économie des USA par ville

Les 6 plus grandes villes représentent 25% du PIB des États-Unis.
Voir la carte complète ici.

Perspectives d'avenir

Un peu dans le même sens que cet article sur defined contributions vs defined benefits, les perspectives d'avenir de Warren Buffett et de l'IQPF ne sont pas trop encourageantes.  Au moins, elles sont réalistes.

Buffett: 

The economy, as measured by gross domestic product, can be expected to grow at an annual rate of about 3 percent over the long term, and inflation of 2 percent would push nominal GDP growth to 5 percent. Stocks will probably rise at about that rate and dividend payments will boost total returns to 6 percent to 7 percent.

Why such a different picture than the 10% or 15% suggestions that investment managers often give? Those managers are using overoptimistic approaches.

Retirement advice that indicates that you’ll be fine by just saving 10% of your income starting at age 40 is using unrealistic assumptions, at least from Buffett’s perspective.  Save plenty for retirement, and start saving now.

IQPF:

Quand on fait une planification financière, on devrait utiliser une hypothèse de rendement de 3,75 % pour un portefeuille équilibré, selon l’Institut québécois de la planification financière (IQPF). Tant mieux si votre courtier fait mieux. Mais il ne faut pas se fier là-dessus. 

Mondialisation

Japanese whiskey maker Suntory Holdings is buying Beam, in a $16 billion deal that will create an international alcohols conglomerate [...]

Beam's portfolio of alcohols incdudes Jim Beam, Maker's Mark and Knob Creek bourbons, Teacher's and Laphroaig Scotch whiskies, Canadian Club whisky, Courvoisier cognac, Sauza tequila, and Pinnacle vodka. Suntory is the maker of Japanese whiskies Yamazaki, Hakushu, Hibiki, and Kakubin, Bowmore Scotch whisky and Midori liqueur.

Carte du monde

Projet intéressant d'un étudiant américain.

Listes 2013

Plus écouté dans l'autobus dans le iPod - Albums

Alt-J - An Awesome Wave

Armistice

Black Keys - 2 albums

Fiona Apple - Idler Wheel

Karim Ouellet

Portishead - Roseland NYC Live

The Lumineers

The Roots - Undun

The Tallest Man on Earth - Ensemble de l'oeuvre

The xx - Coexist

Vincent Vallières

Plus écouté dans l'autobus dans le iPod - Chansons

DJ Shadow - Six Days (soulwax remix)

Drake - Forever

Egyptian Hip Hop - Rad Pitt

Metric - Breathing Underwater (la track de drum --- beat non-intuitif)

Rural Alberta Advantage - Stamp

The Weeknd - High for This (à chaque atterrissage avec Air Canada)

The White Stripes - Jolene (live)

Tune-Yards - Gangsta

Podcast

This American Life

Longreads

Politique

Obama vs. Boehner - Who Killed the Debt Deal ? (http://www.instapaper.com/read/268080560)

Joe Biden in GQ on Being President in 2016 (http://www.instapaper.com/read/399845588)

When the Nerds Go Marching In (http://www.instapaper.com/read/339747784)

Sports

Michael Jordan Has Not Left the Building (http://www.instapaper.com/read/362266422)

The Oklahoma City Thunder's Fairy-Tale Rise (http://www.instapaper.com/read/349517353)

Montaous Walton Just Wanted to Play Ball (http://www.instapaper.com/read/390146077)

Pitcher Tomohiro Anraku is the future of Japanese baseball (http://www.instapaper.com/read/401644931)

20 minutes at Rucker Park (http://www.instapaper.com/read/422997313)

Technologie / Gestion

Winamp's Woes: How the greatest MP3 player undid itself (http://www.instapaper.com/read/349523238)

Letter to a young programmer considering a startup (http://www.instapaper.com/read/388551679)

Marissa Mayer Biography (http://www.instapaper.com/read/410445356)

All if Fair in Love and Twitter (http://www.instapaper.com/read/421231301)

Tim Armstrong, Patch, and AOL (http://www.instapaper.com/read/427918224)

Saroo's Google Earth Quest : How an Orphaned Boy Found His Way Home (http://www.instapaper.com/read/329177466)

Divers

The Making of Pulp Fiction (http://www.instapaper.com/read/362290964)

What the Bagel Man Saw (http://www.stephenjdubner.com/journalism/bagelman.html)

You Owe Me (http://www.instapaper.com/read/339747784)

Jerry Seinfeld Intends to Die Standing Up (http://www.instapaper.com/read/349513939)

Paintballing with Hezbollah (http://www.instapaper.com/read/349513772)

The Paradox of the Proof (http://www.instapaper.com/read/385618872)

If it was a pill, you'd do anything to get it (http://www.instapaper.com/read/382233023)

The Evolution of a First Novel (http://www.instapaper.com/read/379970030)

Imagining Myself in Palestine (http://www.instapaper.com/read/285424490)

The Deliverymen's Uprising (http://www.instapaper.com/read/422999910)

How a Relationship Brought Me Halfway Around the World and Back Again (http://www.instapaper.com/read/416782631)

Inside the World of Double-Crossing Fake Hitman (http://www.instapaper.com/read/431817826)

CV

Tout le monde est responsable, stratégique et créatif.

Linkdump

Kelleher de Southwest Airlines
Rendu là : http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2013/06/10/toc.html

Personnalisation

Après la production de masse et la personnalisation de masse, est-ce qu'Internet permettra la personnalisation extrême à un prix intéressant ?  Voir pixeli.st et hatch.co.

Les petits détails

La préparation des ballons dans la NFL.  Intense.